A Year of Creative Habits

Lately, I've been looking into forming some new habits and I came across Crystal Moody's website Year of Creative Habits. And I thought, I could do this.

Leo Babauta of Zen Habits fame talks a lot about how slowly changing his habits helped him change his entire life. He wrote several bestselling books, has a very successful blog, and has done more than one marathon. I did a review of Zen Habits a couple of weeks ago.

How do you form creative habits? By doing them every day. Pick a time frame and then stick to doing that habit, whether it be writing, painting, etc., and do it for a certain amount of time. I'm going to start with a month and then go from there.

Always remember to start small and build your habit. If you start with a huge goal, you will feel too overwhelmed to make it a habit.

I plan on building my creative habits one day, one month at a time. And I'm going to join Crystal in chronicling my journey. The Year of Creative Habits works like this:

Choose one creative habit.
Do it everyday for one month.
Share your effort/progress with others.
Reflect on the month and make changes.

Accountability is huge in forming habits and it makes the journey easier if you are not the only one doing it. Crystal's project will allow me to share my progress with other artists and connect with them. I know I want to focus my creative habit on writing a book.

What creative habit would you like to start?

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